Envy has always hated merit because merit produces winners.
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) June 7, 2026
Credentialism was the compromise.
>If you cannot outperform the man, disqualify him.
>If you can’t build what he built, question his qualifications.
>If you can’t beat excellence, create a bureaucracy and demand… https://t.co/VK1YETrgWj
A remarkable 1954 photograph shows Admiral Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, draped in a blanket of snow at Portsmouth Dockyard, creating a rare and striking contrast between the legendary warship and the winter landscape.
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) June 8, 2026
A striking photograph from 1954 shows Admiral Nelson’s… pic.twitter.com/OJjgTG6WTP
You actually cannot read non-Christian Norse literature. Pre-Christian Norse literature consists of like a comb that someone wrote “comb” on, in runes https://t.co/WlTdLI6uCC
— Dr. Alex Zawacki (@achillghost) June 3, 2026
The story of MAHA trying to develop dissident experts cannot be understood without the story of harms done (and not publicly repented for) by the "real" experts. https://t.co/AttOmGLbHO
— Leah Libresco Sargeant (@LeahLibresco) June 8, 2026
1942, California Vote Tabulators. They completed their work in 7 hours. pic.twitter.com/AuqoqFXv8w
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) June 8, 2026
A simply superb paragraph by Sam Harris. pic.twitter.com/26gakI3tg9
— Rachel Moiselle (@RachelMoiselle) June 7, 2026
There is a forest in China made of stone.
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) June 8, 2026
The Stone Forest (Shilin) in Yunnan province is an extraordinary landscape where thousands of towering limestone pillars rise from the ground like a petrified woodland, some reaching heights of 20 to 50 meters.
Approximately 270… pic.twitter.com/Y8QkQs1ArY
Normans have no response to the fact that the native English word for paradise is narxenwang
— Wylfฤen (@wylfcen) June 7, 2026
New Swedish research contra Piketty and Saez:
— Old Whig. ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐ฆ๐น (@aClassicLiberal) June 1, 2026
"Has wealth inequality 'exploded' in the US and Europe since 2000? Our answer: no. Gini and top 0.1% wealth shares are fairly stable, despite rising wealth and more billionaires."@PhilWMagness https://t.co/XAYWKdEeSs
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